SilverSport Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 [] []... Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 oldbuckster wrote the following post at 08-13-2006 4:45 AM: Mick Bell, I feel your statement about the Best Speaker is correct, there is none............I'm glad to see someone mention the ESS AMT line of speakers, thought I might be the only one on here to know about or own a pair.............they were nice........the Air Motion Transformers made some clean music................ I had 901 Series IV's prior to owning...you guessed it; a pair of ESS amt-1b's. They were very nice sounding, but I kept blowing the diaphragms out of the tweeters with my Hafler DH500 amp...Bought klipsch cornwalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTLongo Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Well, the "world's best speaker" question is so subjective. After several decades (I am 64 y.o. ) I achieved my 1950's audiophile dream by acquiring a new pair of 2003 Klipschorns , and a 2004 Belle Klipshch later to use all in a home theater. Upshot: these speakers are overkill for home theater. The picture pulls attention away from the sound. For home theater you will be better off with a good subwoofer + satellite system. For serious music listening, including classical, the Klipschorns win the day, bar none, relative to others that that I've heard. And, when you get into that high-end league, they are a bargain. The clarity, presence, and ability to put you right into the venue hearing the actual performance is stunning. I now have the Belle as a center channel speaker in in a three-channel audio setup, but it's really being underutilized. The Khorns do need considerable bass boost (for my ear) to come into their own, some 12db on my system, but I can do that and migawd do they sing. From around 45 hz, in terms of sheer purity and un-artifcial bass they blow away any subwoofer (including my topline Velodyne SR1500R) in terms of their effortlessness. It's quite impressive. You are IN that cathedral, etc. bass space. If any of you are in the neighborhood, contact me by email first and come by for a listen. /s/ Tom Longo, Delmar, Md. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsp1068 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Colin, would that have been Hi Fi Sound Electronics in downtown Mpls? I have purchased some Rotel, and VTL goodies from them. Good group to deal with. If it were not them, they still deserve the plug................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I would have to say Tip O'Neill And he'll probably cost you the whole ten grand?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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